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Friday, February 3, 2012 Scoop is a totally free e-newsletter, produced for the benefit of the friends who share our hobby!
 
Industry News        Happy 20th Anniversary, Image Comics!
he 1992 formation of Image Comics, which this week celebrated its 20th anniversary, changed the...

Happy 30th, Diamond Comic Distributors!
Congratulations to Steve Geppi and everyone at our sister company, Diamond Comic Distributors, which celebrated...

DC Announces Watchmen Prequels
Azzarello, Bermejo, Conner, Cooke, Higgins, Hughes, Jones, Kubert, Kubert, Lee, Straczynski and Wein...

Too Cool To Be Forgotten Gets Screenwriters
Top Shelf Productions Publisher Chris Staros announced this week that the film adaptation of Alex Robinson's...

Felton, Hardman Headline March 4 LA Con
For their Sunday, March 4, 2012 show at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center...

The Australian Looks at High End Comics
Like many other publications around the world, The Australian has noticed what’s going on with the prices of...

Black History Month Coverage Continues
As we continue to celebrate Black History Month...

Two Weeks: MegaCon
It's only two weeks until MegaCon, February 17-19, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in...

Three Weeks: London Super Comic Con
The inaugural London Super Comic Convention is just three weeks away now....

One Month: Overstreet #42 Deadline
March 5, 2012 is the final day to book your ads for The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #42, which goes...

Superstars        Adam Beechen Launches New Videocast
The writer of Batman Beyond, which has been one of our favorite DC Comics mini-series and then ongoing series, has...

Bendis, Superstars on Avengers vs. X-Men
For name power, it’s going to be hard to top Avengers vs. X-Men #0, which features...

Neil Gaiman, Todd McFarlane Settle Lawsuit
The decade-long legal back-and-forth between writer Neil Gaiman and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane...

Auctions/Prices        9.4 Journey Into Mystery #83 Hits $222,200
Pedigree Comics sells CGC-certified 9.4 copy of the first appearance of Thor for record price...

Action Comics #1 Offered at ComicLink
A CGC-certified 8.0 restored copy of Action Comics #1 is now among the key issues listed at ComicLink...

Calvin and Hobbes Original at Heritage
Rare Bill Watterson offering is watercolor calendar cover from classic newspaper strip...

Last Call for ComicConnect Consignments
Deadline for March Event Auction consignments is Friday, February 10...

999 Folded One-Sheets at eMoviePoster.com
James Bond films, 3-D movies and a wide selection of classics pepper the latest Tuesday-closing auctions...

Comics Join Morphy's February 9-11 Line-Up
More than 2,000 lots of antique toys, trains, advertising and rare comics are primed and ready to...

Super Bowl: Baltimore Colts Charter Up for Bid
As part of the Super Bowl festivities, the NFL Experience via Hunt Auctions is offering for bid a vintage...

ComicLink Still Accepting Consignments
Company still seeking comic book and original comic art consignments for their Winter Featured Auction...

Batman, Superman, More Sunday at Heritage
The offerings include a selection of unusual Superman promotional comics, among them several of the...

2,000-Lot, March 1-3 Auction at Philip Weiss
Massive three-day auction featuring up to 2,000 quality lots in many categories will be held...

Tarzan's All Story Debut in Adventure House Auction
The first appearance of Tarzan signaled the beginning of a character career that lasts to this day...

Smith House Auction #78 Closes February 10
More than 600 lots of robots, space toys, Disneyana and more at Smith House...

A&S Offers Roy Gay Collection of RR Antiques
Roy Gay’s extraordinary 65-year collection heads to auction March 10-11 in Waco, Texas...

Showtime Features Al & Peg Araiza Collection
The 35-year collection of Al and Peg Araiza, collectors in many categories, will headline a massive...

Chinese Ceramics, More for Asia Week N.Y.
I.M. Chait to host March 21 auction of Asian works of art during Asia Week New York...

General Antiques at Morphy's February 24-25
Morphy’s to auction fine Tiffany silver, antique telephones and centuries-old armor...

Did You Know?        The Overstreet Hall of Fame: William M. Gaines
Showed what could happen when you assemble an unparalleled roster of contributors...

Luke Cage
Whether you call him "Hero for Hire," "Power Man," "Avenger" or something else, he's one seriously tough...

Blondie
Who doesn't love Blondie? We mean, really.

Savage Beauty
Savage Beauty is the story of two sisters, Lacy and Liv Rae, and their adventures in Africa...

Dan DeCarlo's Jetta
Dan DeCarlo will always be best remembered for his decades of incredible work at Archie, but he...

Static
In the fictional city of Dakota, Virgil Ovid Hawkins is just your average...

The Main Event        WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE: Mark Zaid
Lawyer, collector, dealer Mark Zaid talks about why he does what he does...

In the Limelight        Inside the New Valiant: Atom! Freeman
Last week we reported that Atom! Freeman had undertaken to contact every North American comic book retailer...

Mondo Media        The Grey Wins January 27-29 Box Office
The Grey topped the pack of films at U.S. movie theaters over the January 27-29, 2012 weekend...

Super Bowl: Teaser for Avengers Commercial
In advertising, 2012 might very well be known as the year we started getting teasers for Super Bowl commercials...

DC Announces Simonson's The Judas Coin
Although he got more notice for the high profile announcement of his upcoming six-issue stint on...

February 9: Blackjack on Person of Interest
Congratulations to Kids Comic Con founder and promoter Alex Simmons, whose creation Blackjack will...

Stephen Amell Cast as Green Arrow in Pilot
Skipping the Smallville incarnation of the character, new CW pilot starts from scratch...

Scoop is Now on Twitter
Like a caterpillar becoming a beautiful butterfly or a...

Off the Presses        Avengers Academy #25
Story after story, month after month (and sometimes more frequently), Avengers Academy continues...

Batwing #6
The story of Batwing continues to unfold through flashbacks that take place over several years...

Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #4
Writer Corinna Sara Bechko and writer-artist Gabriel Hardman deliver the final issue of...

HEY, HAVE YOU READ...? The Green Lama: The Complete Pulp Adventures Volume 1
Columnist Mark Squirek takes up the “HEY! HAVE YOU READ…?” banner and continues the trek through important and...

Warlord of Mars Annual #1
Driven by the one-and-done nature of annuals, the story in this issue features all of the...

Winter Soldier #1
Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice continue their collaboration from the pages of Captain America in the...

Savvy Sites        Happy 100th Birthday, John Carter!
Many good – and a few great – directors have tried to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter to life in a movie...

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